2022年9月10日雅思考试机经-阅读(1).docx

2022年9月10日雅思?纸笔考试?机考

阅读机经

考试概述：

本场考试三篇，三篇全新，难度很高，属于中秋暴击了。第一篇讲动物的自我治愈机制，难度要高于讲具体的动物；第二篇音乐，抽象晦涩，难度很高；第三篇稍微温友好一点，环保类的绿色屋顶，属于难度适中的第三篇。

二、具体题目分析：

PassageOne：

文章题材：说明文（动物）

文章题目：动物的自我治愈机制

文章难度：★★★

题型及数量：待补充

题目及答案：待补充

可参考真题：剑桥17——TEST3Passage1Thethylacine

HealthInTheWild

Manyanimalsseemabletotreattheirillnessesthemselves.Humanswayhaveathingortwotolearnfromthem.

A.

ForthepastdecadeDrEngel,alecturermenvironmentalsciencesatBritainsOpenUniversity,hasbeencollatingexamplesofself-medicatingbehaviorinwildanimals.Sherecentlypublishedabookonthesubject.InatalkattheEdinburghScienceFestivalearlierthismonth,sheexplainedthattheideathatanimalscantreatthemselveshasbeenregardedwithsomeskepticismbyhercolleaguesinthepast.Butagrowingnumberofanimalbehaviouristsnowthinkthatwildanimalscananddodealwiththeirownmedicalneeds.

B.

Oneexampleofself-medicationwasdiscoveredin1987.MichaelHuffmanandMohamediSeifu,workingintheMahaleMountainsNationalParkinTanzania,noticedthatlocalchimpanzeessufferingfromintestinalwormswoulddosethemselveswiththepithofaplantcalledVeronia.Thisplantproducespoisonouschemicalscalledterpenes.Itspithcontainsastrongenoughconcentrationtokillgutparasites,butnotsostrongastokillchimps(norpeople,forthatmatter;localsusethepithforthesamepurpose).Giventhattheplantisknownlocallyasgoat-killer,however,it

seemsthatnotallanimalsareassmartaschimpsandhumans.Someconsumeitindiscriminately,andsuccumb.

C.

SincetheVeronia-eatingchimpswerediscovered,moreevidencehasemergedsuggestingthatanimalsofteneatthingsformedicalratherthannutritionalreasons.Manyspecies,forexample,consumedirt-abehaviourknownasgeophagy（食土癖）.Historically，thepreferredexplanationwasthatsoilsuppliesmineralssuchassalt.Butgeophagyoccursinareaswheretheearthisnotausefulsourceo